Apostolic vicariate Nepal
Diocese of Nepal
Nepalian(us)
Latin Church
The Apostolic Vicariate of Nepal is the sole Catholic jurisdiction covering all of Nepal, elevated to vicariate status on February 10, 2007, and depending on the Dicastery for Evangelization. The see is vacant, with Fr. Silas Krishna Bogati serving as apostolic administrator since January 2025.
On the map
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- Established
- 2007
- Catholics
- 8,125
- Priests
- 116
- Territory
- 147,181 km²
Parishes and churches
2 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
No bishop is recorded for this diocese. See the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Lalitpur stands in Nepal, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
History
Under the spiritual leadership of the pope in Rome, the Catholic Church in Nepal forms part of the worldwide Catholic Church. Its faithful, numbering over 10,000 as of 2011, are gathered into a single jurisdiction, an apostolic vicariate. The faith was first propagated in Nepal during the 18th century, though missionaries were barred from the country between 1810 and 1950.